By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 455
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to license eligibility for certain law enforcement
 1-3     officers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 1701.3041 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 1701.3041.  EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.  The commission may
 1-8     not adopt a requirement that an applicant must hold an associate
 1-9     degree conferred by a junior college or a higher academic degree
1-10     conferred by an institution of higher education in order to be
1-11     eligible for a license under this chapter.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.